undermined

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Rodgers' solicitor Ciaran O'Hare said: "The court has recognised there were a number of significant procedural flaws in the conduct of the Crown Court trial which undermined the fairness and safety of our client's conviction."

From BBC • May 8, 2026

"Social history shows us that each time a principle is undermined, exemptions gradually increase until they become the rule," they warned in a joint statement last month.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

The subsequent entry of Hyundai and Kia undermined any lingering edge domestic carmakers had in the budget sedan market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Those law-enforcement agencies that have worked hard to build bridges with youth, immigrant, and Black and brown communities are seeing their efforts undermined by ICE.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

And his conduct in providing clandestine instructions to Adams’s cabinet undermined the constitutional authority of the executive branch in ways that would have landed him in jail in modern times.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis